Studio Update: 

I keep hoping that I am only a few hours away from finishing Venus, and I don't want to show you all the failed details. She is very close...but I haven't quite felt that elation feeling. Everyday I have been getting hints of that feeling, and then I look at her from a distance of 50/75 feet...and some intangible something is missing. Hopefully soon, hopefully soon.

The pastel workshop was awesome...

I'll make you a deal, you come back in the beginning of October, and I promise, to have a wonderful update, lots of pics of the students, pastels, a finished Venus (!).

Michael Newberry
New York--September 23, 2007